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Information Technology for Management
by Ewa ZiembaThis book constitutes revised and extended versions of the best papers from the 10th Conference on Information Systems Management (ISM 2015) and 13th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management (AITM 2015), held in Lodz, Poland, September 2015 as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2015). These events constitute a forum for the exchange of ideas for practitioners and theorists working in the broad area of information systems management in organizations and to present and discuss the current issues of IT in business applications. The 11 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected originally 54 submissions. They focus on knowledge management systems; information technology for business and public organizations; and evaluation of information systems.
Information Technology for Management: New Ideas and Real Solutions
by Ewa ZiembaThis book constitutes revised selected papers from the 14th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2016, and the 11th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2016, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Gdansk, Poland, in September 2016. The 13 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: information technology and systems for knowledge management; information technology and systems for business transformation; and implementation and evaluation of information systems.
Information Technology for Management: 15th Conference, AITM 2018, and 13th Conference, ISM 2018, Held as Part of FedCSIS, Poznan, Poland, September 9–12, 2018, Revised and Extended Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #346)
by Ewa ZiembaThis book constitutes extended selected papers from the 16th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2018, and the 13th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2018, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018. The total of 9 full and 3 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 43 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on information technology for management in business and public organizations. They were organized in topical sections named: information technology and systems for knowledge management, and information technology and systems for business transformation.
Information Technology for Management: 17th Conference, AITM 2019, and 14th Conference, ISM 2019, Held as Part of FedCSIS, Leipzig, Germany, September 1–4, 2019, Extended and Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #380)
by Ewa ZiembaThis book constitutes extended selected papers from the 17th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2019, and the 14th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2019, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Leipzig, Germany, in September 2019. The total of 7 full and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 45 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on and future directions of information technology for management in business and public organizations. They were organized in topical sections named: information technology assessment for future development; methods and models for designing information technology, and aspects of implementing information technology.
Information Technology for Management. Ongoing Research and Development: 15th Conference, Aitm 2017, And 12th Conference, Ism 2017, Held As Part Of Fedcsis, Prague, Czech Republic, September 3-6, 2017, Extended Selected Papers (Lecture Notes In Business Information Processing #311)
by Ewa ZiembaThis book constitutes extended selected papers from the 15th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2017, and the 12th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2017, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Prague, Poland, in September 2017. The 13 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: information technology and systems for knowledge management; information technology and systems for business transformation; and implementation and evaluation of information systems.
Information Technology for Management: 15th Conference, ISM 2020, and FedCSIS-IST 2020 Track, Held as Part of FedCSIS, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 6–9, 2020, Extended and Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #413)
by Ewa Ziemba Witold ChmielarzThis book constitutes revised selected and extended papers presented at track 4 of the Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, FedCSIS 2020, which took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, during September 6–9, 2020. The FedCSIS Information Systems and Technologies Track included AIST 2020, DSH 2020, ISM 2020, and KAM 2020. For this track, a total of 29 submissions was received from which a total of 5 full and 3 short papers was accepted for publication in this volume. The papers were organized in topical sections named: improving project management methods; numerical methods of solving management problems; and technological infrastructure for business excellence.
Information Technology for Management: 16th Conference, ISM 2021, and FedCSIS-AIST 2021 Track, Held as Part of FedCSIS 2021, Virtual Event, September 2–5, 2021, Extended and Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #442)
by Ewa Ziemba Witold ChmielarzThis book constitutes revised selected and extended papers presented at track 4 on "Advances in Information Systems and Technologies" of the Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, FedCSIS 2021, which was held online during September 2–5, 2021. The FedCSIS Track 4 included AIST 2021, DSH 2021, ISM 2021, and KAM 2021. For this track, a total of 30 submissions was received from which a 7 full papers and 1 short papers were accepted for publication in this volume. The papers were organized in topical sections named as follows: Approaches to improving management systems; solutions to social issues; methods for supporting business and society.
Information Technology for Management: AIST 2022 Track and 17th Conference, ISM 2022, Held as Part of FedCSIS 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 4–7, 2022, Extended and Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #471)
by Ewa Ziemba Witold Chmielarz Jarosław WątróbskiThis book constitutes revised selected and extended papers presented at track 4 of the Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems, FedCSIS 2022, which took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, during September 4–7, 2022.The FedCSIS Information Systems and Technologies Track included AIST 2022, ISM 2022, DSH 2022, and KAM 2022. AIST 2022 received 11 submissions, from which 2 full papers and 1 short paper have been accepted; for ISM 2022 2 full and 3 short papers have been accepted from 15 submissions; and for DSH 2022 2 full and 1 short papers have been accepted from 11 submissions. From the 17 submissions to KAM 2022, no paper passed the extended reviews, so the overall acceptance rate was 20% for full and 18% for short papers. The papers were organized in topical sections named: Approaches to improving business; approaches to improving society; and methods for improving business and society.
Adoption of Emerging Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability
by Ewa Ziemba JarosławThis book represents an important voice in the discourse on the adoption of emerging ICT for sustainability. It focuses on how emerging ICT acts as a crucial enabler of sustainability, offering new forward-looking approaches to this field. The book explores how emerging ICT adoption drives sustainability efforts in business and public organizations, promoting ecological, economic, social, cultural, and political sustainability. The book's theoretical discussions, conceptual approaches, empirical studies, diverse perspectives, and views make it a valuable and comprehensive reference work. Appealing to both researchers and practitioners, this book provides significant areas for research and practice related to the contribution of emerging ICT adoption to sustainability. It also suggests vital considerations for programming and building sustainable development-driven emerging ICT adoption. Readers will find answers to important contemporary questions, such as: What are the concepts, frameworks, models, and approaches to enhance sustainable development through the adoption of emerging ICT? How does the adoption of emerging ICT influence sustainability? How can emerging ICT be adopted to enhance sustainability? What are the current practices and successful cases of emerging ICT adoption for sustainability? What factors influence emerging ICT adoption to enhance sustainability?
Learn pfSense 2.4: Get up and running with Pfsense and all the core concepts to build firewall and routing solutions
by David ZientaraInstall, Configure and Setup different connections with pfSenseKey FeaturesBuild firewall and routing solutions with PfSense.Learn how to create captive portals, how to connect Pfsense to your https environment and so on.Practical approach towards building firewall solutions for your organizationBook DescriptionAs computer networks become ubiquitous, it has become increasingly important to both secure and optimize our networks. pfSense, an open-source router/firewall, provides an easy, cost-effective way of achieving this – and this book explains how to install and configure pfSense in such a way that even a networking beginner can successfully deploy and use pfSense.This book begins by covering networking fundamentals, deployment scenarios, and hardware sizing guidelines, as well as how to install pfSense. The book then covers configuration of basic services such as DHCP, DNS, and captive portal and VLAN configuration. Careful consideration is given to the core firewall functionality of pfSense, and how to set up firewall rules and traffic shaping. Finally, the book covers the basics of VPNs, multi-WAN setups, routing and bridging, and how to perform diagnostics and troubleshooting on a network.What you will learnInstall pfSenseConfigure additional interfaces, and enable and configure DHCPUnderstand Captive portalUnderstand firewalls and NAT, and traffic shapingLearn in detail about VPNsUnderstand Multi-WANLearn about routing and bridging in detailUnderstand the basics of diagnostics and troubleshooting networksWho this book is forThis book is towards any network security professionals who want to get introduced to the world of firewalls and network configurations using Pfsense. No knowledge of PfSense is required
Mastering pfSense
by David ZientaraMaster the art of managing, securing, and monitoring your network using the powerful pfSense 2.3 About This Book * You can always do more to secure your software - so extend and customize your pfSense firewall * Build a high availability security system that's fault tolerant - and capable of blocking any threats * Put the principles of better security into practice - unlock a more stable and reliable firewall Who This Book Is For SysAdmins and security pros - get more from the world's leading firewall with this book. You can always do more to secure your software, so start here. What You Will Learn * Configure pfSense services such as DHCP, Dynamic DNS, captive portal, DNS, NTP and SNMP * Set up a managed switch to work with VLANs * Use pfSense to allow, block and deny traffic * Make use of the traffic shaper to lower and raise the priority of certain types of traffic * Set up and connect to a VPN tunnel with pfSense * Incorporate redundancy and high availability by utilizing load balancing and the Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP) * Explore diagnostic tools in pfSense to solve network problems In Detail pfSense has the same reliability and stability as even the most popular commercial firewall offerings on the market - but, like the very best open-source software, it doesn't limit you. You're in control - you can exploit and customize pfSense around your security needs. If you're familiar with pfSense you probably knew that already. This book builds on any knowledge you may already have, and provides you with a clear route to expand your skills and pfSense's capabilities. You'll learn how to customize and configure pfSense to construct a firewall that can protect you from any potential security threats. Find out how to set up a VPN, and build a high-availability system that provides redundancy and fault tolerance - essential when security and software performance are so interdependent. With further guidance on how to use a diverse range of third-party packages - all of which will help you unlock more from pfSense, this book covers everything you need - and more - to get a high-quality, reliable firewall up and running for a fraction of the cost. Style and approach Practical and actionable, tackle some advanced functionalities of pfSense with minimum fuss. We know you don't just want an instruction manual - you want to put the principles of better security into practice. That's exactly why we produced this book.
Mastering pfSense,: Manage, secure, and monitor your on-premise and cloud network with pfSense 2.4, 2nd Edition
by David ZientaraInstall and configure a pfSense router/firewall, and become a pfSense expert in the process.Key FeaturesYou can always do more to secure your software – so extend and customize your pfSense firewallBuild a high availability security system that’s fault-tolerant – and capable of blocking potential threatsPut the principles of better security into practice by implementing examples provided in the textBook DescriptionpfSense has the same reliability and stability as even the most popular commercial firewall offerings on the market – but, like the very best open-source software, it doesn’t limit you. You’re in control – you can exploit and customize pfSense around your security needs.Mastering pfSense - Second Edition, covers features that have long been part of pfSense such as captive portal, VLANs, traffic shaping, VPNs, load balancing, Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP), multi-WAN, and routing. It also covers features that have been added with the release of 2.4, such as support for ZFS partitions and OpenVPN 2.4. This book takes into account the fact that, in order to support increased cryptographic loads, pfSense version 2.5 will require a CPU that supports AES-NI. The second edition of this book places more of an emphasis on the practical side of utilizing pfSense than the previous edition, and, as a result, more examples are provided which show in step-by-step fashion how to implement many features.What you will learnConfigure pfSense services such as DHCP, Dynamic DNS, captive portal, DNS, NTP and SNMPSet up a managed switch to work with VLANsUse pfSense to allow, block and deny traffic, and to implement Network Address Translation (NAT)Make use of the traffic shaper to lower and raise the priority of certain types of trafficSet up and connect to a VPN tunnel with pfSenseIncorporate redundancy and high availability by utilizing load balancing and the Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP)Explore diagnostic tools in pfSense to solve network problemsWho this book is forThis book is for those with at least an intermediate understanding of networking. Prior knowledge of pfSense would be helpful but is not required.Those who have the resources to set up a pfSense firewall, either in a real or virtual environment, will especially benefit, as they will be able to follow along with the examples in the book.
pfSense 2.x Cookbook - Second Edition: Manage and maintain your network using pfSense, 2nd Edition
by David ZientaraThis book is intended for all levels of network administrators. If you are an advanced user of pfSense, then you can flip to a particular recipe and quickly accomplish the task at hand, while if you are new to pfSense, you can read chapter by chapter and learn all of the features of the system from the ground up.
Make: Three Modes of Making
by Matt ZiglerThe Maker movement has been an excellent opportunity for people to become producers rather than just consumers, and schools are recognizing the value of offering students the tools, materials, and skills necessary to design sophisticated and meaningful projects. But teaching technical skills should not be the end goal: At its best, a Maker education teaches students to think and act in creative ways that can be applied to difficult challenges in all areas of life.Three Modes of Making provides a framework for Maker courses in upper grades that teach students creative-process skills through three key Maker modes: Imitation, Modification, and Innovation. Educators will learn the differences between the three Maker modes, their associated skill sets, and gain concrete methods to teach, document, and assess these skills. Through this approach, teachers will enable students to apply them to different creative needs.By focusing on how to teach skill development rather than merely how to build specific objects, Three Modes of Making enables students to improve and enhance their creative skills, and learn ways to apply them to a wide variety of challenges. This book is a road map to developing the creative problem solvers that the world needs for the future.
Public-Key Cryptography – PKC 2020: 23rd IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, Edinburgh, UK, May 4–7, 2020, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12111)
by Vassilis Zikas Aggelos Kiayias Markulf Kohlweiss Petros WalldenThe two-volume set LNCS 12110 and 12111 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd IACR International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, PKC 2020, held in Edinburgh, UK, in May 2020. The 44 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 180 submissions. They are organized in topical sections such as: functional encryption; identity-based encryption; obfuscation and applications; encryption schemes; secure channels; basic primitives with special properties; proofs and arguments; lattice-based cryptography; isogeny-based cryptography; multiparty protocols; secure computation and related primitives; post-quantum primitives; and privacy-preserving schemes.
Cloud Without Compromise
by Paul Zikopoulos Christopher Bienko Chris Backer Chris Konarski Sai VennamMany companies claim to have "gone to the cloud," yet returns from their efforts are meager or worse. Why? Because they've defined cloud as a destination, not a capability. Using cloud as a single-vendor, one-stop destination is fiction; in practice, today's organizations use a mosaic of capabilities across several vendors. Your cloud strategy needs to follow a hybrid multicloud model, one that delivers cloud's value at destinations you choose.This practical guide provides business leaders and C-level executives with guidance and insights across a wide range of cloud-related topics, such as distributed cloud, microservices, and other open source solutions for strengthening operations. You'll apply in-the-field best practices and lessons learned as you define your hybrid cloud strategy and drive your company's transformation strategy.Learn cloud fundamentals and patterns, including basic concepts and historyGet a framework for cloud acumen phases to value-plot your cloud futureKnow which questions to ask a cloud provider before you signDiscover potential pitfalls for everything from the true cost of a cloud solution to adopting open source the right way
High-Performance Computing on Complex Environments
by Julius Zilinskas Emmanuel Jeannot* Covers cutting-edge research in HPC on complex environments, following an international collaboration of members of the ComplexHPC * Explains how to efficiently exploit heterogeneous and hierarchical architectures and distributed systems* Twenty-three chapters and over 100 illustrations cover domains such as numerical analysis, communication and storage, applications, GPUs and accelerators, and energy efficiency
Advances of Science and Technology: 6th EAI International Conference, ICAST 2018, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, October 5-7, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #274)
by Fasikaw Atanaw Zimale Temesgen Enku Nigussie Solomon Workneh FantaThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advancement of Science and Technology, ICAST 2018, which took place in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in October 2018. The 47 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers present economic and technologic developments in modern societies in five tracks: agro-processing industries for sustainable development, water resources development for the shared vision in blue Nile basin, IT and computer technology innovation, recent advances in electrical and computer engineering, progresses in product design and system optimization.
Business Intelligence: Third European Summer School, eBISS 2013, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, July 7-12, 2013, Tutorial Lectures (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #172)
by Esteban ZimányiTo large organizations, business intelligence (BI) promises the capability of collecting and analyzing internal and external data to generate knowledge and value, thus providing decision support at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels. BI is now impacted by the "Big Data" phenomena and the evolution of society and users. In particular, BI applications must cope with additional heterogeneous (often Web-based) sources, e. g. , from social networks, blogs, competitors', suppliers', or distributors' data, governmental or NGO-based analysis and papers, or from research publications. In addition, they must be able to provide their results also on mobile devices, taking into account location-based or time-based environmental data. The lectures held at the Third European Business Intelligence Summer School (eBISS), which are presented here in an extended and refined format, cover not only established BI and BPM technologies, but extend into innovative aspects that are important in this new environment and for novel applications, e. g. , pattern and process mining, business semantics, Linked Open Data, and large-scale data management and analysis. Combining papers by leading researchers in the field, this volume equips the reader with the state-of-the-art background necessary for creating the future of BI. It also provides the reader with an excellent basis and many pointers for further research in this growing field.
Business Intelligence and Big Data: 7th European Summer School, eBISS 2017, Bruxelles, Belgium, July 2–7, 2017, Tutorial Lectures (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #324)
by Esteban ZimányiThis book constitutes revised tutorial lectures of the 7th European Business Intelligence and Big Data Summer School, eBISS 2017, held in Bruxelles, Belgium, in July 2017. The tutorials were given by renowned experts and covered advanced aspects of business intelligence and big data. This summer school, presented by leading researchers in the field, represented an opportunity for postgraduate students to equip themselves with the theoretical, practical, and collaboration skills necessary for developing challenging business intelligence applications.
Business Intelligence: 4th European Summer School, eBISS 2014, Berlin, Germany, July 6-11, 2014, Tutorial Lectures (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #205)
by Esteban Zimányi Ralf-Detlef KutscheThis book constitutes the tutorial lectures of the 4th European Business Intelligence Summer School, eBISS 2014, held in Berlin, Germany, in July 2014. The tutorials presented here in an extended and refined format were given by renowned experts and cover topics including requirements engineering for decision-support systems, visual analytics of large data sets, linked data and semantic technologies, supervised classification on data streams, and knowledge reuse in large organizations.
Business Intelligence: 6th European Summer School, eBISS 2016, Tours, France, July 3-8, 2016, Tutorial Lectures (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #280)
by Esteban Zimányi Patrick MarcelBusiness Intelligence (BI) promises an organization the capability of collecting and analyzing internal and external data to generate knowledge and value, providing decision support at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Business Intelligence is now impacted by the Big Data phenomena and the evolution of society and users, and needs to take into account high-level semantics, reasoning about unstructured and structured data, and to provide a simplified access and better understanding of diverse BI tools accessible trough mobile devices. In particular, BI applications must cope with additional heterogeneous (often Web-based) sources, e. g. , from social networks, blogs, competitors', suppliers', or distributors' data, governmental or NGO-based analysis and papers, or from research publications. The lectures held at the First European Business Intelligence Summer School (eBISS), which are presented here in an extended and refined format, cover not only established BI technologies like data warehouses, OLAP query processing, or performance issues, but extend into new aspects that are important in this new environment and for novel applications, e. g. , semantic technologies, social network analysis and graphs, services, large-scale management, or collaborative decision making. Combining papers by leading researchers in the field, this volume will equip the reader with the state-of-the-art background necessary for inventing the future of BI. It will also provide the reader with an excellent basis and many pointers for further research in this growing field.
Hands-On Domain-Driven Design with .NET Core: Tackling complexity in the heart of software by putting DDD principles into practice
by Alexey ZimarevSolve complex business problems by understanding users better, finding the right problem to solve, and building lean event-driven systems to give your customers what they really wantKey FeaturesApply DDD principles using modern tools such as EventStorming, Event Sourcing, and CQRSLearn how DDD applies directly to various architectural styles such as REST, reactive systems, and microservicesEmpower teams to work flexibly with improved services and decoupled interactionsBook DescriptionDevelopers across the world are rapidly adopting DDD principles to deliver powerful results when writing software that deals with complex business requirements. This book will guide you in involving business stakeholders when choosing the software you are planning to build for them. By figuring out the temporal nature of behavior-driven domain models, you will be able to build leaner, more agile, and modular systems.You’ll begin by uncovering domain complexity and learn how to capture the behavioral aspects of the domain language. You will then learn about EventStorming and advance to creating a new project in .NET Core 2.1; you’ll also and write some code to transfer your events from sticky notes to C#. The book will show you how to use aggregates to handle commands and produce events. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with Bounded Contexts, Context Map, Event Sourcing, and CQRS. After translating domain models into executable C# code, you will create a frontend for your application using Vue.js. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to refactor your code and cover event versioning and migration essentials.By the end of this DDD book, you will have gained the confidence to implement the DDD approach in your organization and be able to explore new techniques that complement what you’ve learned from the book.What you will learnDiscover and resolve domain complexity together with business stakeholdersAvoid common pitfalls when creating the domain modelStudy the concept of Bounded Context and aggregateDesign and build temporal models based on behavior and not only dataExplore benefits and drawbacks of Event SourcingGet acquainted with CQRS and to-the-point read models with projectionsPractice building one-way flow UI with Vue.jsUnderstand how a task-based UI conforms to DDD principlesWho this book is forThis book is for .NET developers who have an intermediate level understanding of C#, and for those who seek to deliver value, not just write code. Intermediate level of competence in JavaScript will be helpful to follow the UI chapters.
Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age (Information Policy)
by Melissa Zimdars Kembrew McLeodNew perspectives on the misinformation ecosystem that is the production and circulation of fake news.What is fake news? Is it an item on Breitbart, an article in The Onion, an outright falsehood disseminated via Russian bot, or a catchphrase used by a politician to discredit a story he doesn't like? This book examines the real fake news: the constant flow of purposefully crafted, sensational, emotionally charged, misleading or totally fabricated information that mimics the form of mainstream news. Rather than viewing fake news through a single lens, the book maps the various kinds of misinformation through several different disciplinary perspectives, taking into account the overlapping contexts of politics, technology, and journalism.The contributors consider topics including fake news as “disorganized” propaganda; folkloric falsehood in the “Pizzagate” conspiracy; native advertising as counterfeit news; the limitations of regulatory reform and technological solutionism; Reddit's enabling of fake news; the psychological mechanisms by which people make sense of information; and the evolution of fake news in America. A section on media hoaxes and satire features an oral history of and an interview with prankster-activists the Yes Men, famous for parodies that reveal hidden truths. Finally, contributors consider possible solutions to the complex problem of fake news—ways to mitigate its spread, to teach students to find factually accurate information, and to go beyond fact-checking.ContributorsMark Andrejevic, Benjamin Burroughs, Nicholas Bowman, Mark Brewin, Elizabeth Cohen, Colin Doty, Dan Faltesek, Johan Farkas, Cherian George, Tarleton Gillespie, Dawn R. Gilpin, Gina Giotta, Theodore Glasser, Amanda Ann Klein, Paul Levinson, Adrienne Massanari, Sophia A. McClennen, Kembrew McLeod, Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, Paul Mihailidis, Benjamin Peters, Whitney Phillips, Victor Pickard, Danielle Polage, Stephanie Ricker Schulte, Leslie-Jean Thornton, Anita Varma, Claire Wardle, Melissa Zimdars, Sheng Zou
Firmware Development: A Guide to Specialized Systemic Knowledge
by Vincent Zimmer Subrata BanikBuild your own system firmware. This book helps you understand system firmware architecture and minimalistic design, and provides a specialized knowledge of firmware development. The book includes guidance on understanding the system firmware build procedure, integrating pieces of firmware and allowing configuration, updating system firmware, creating a development infrastructure for allowing multi-party collaboration in firmware development, and gaining advanced system firmware debugging knowledge.After reading the book you will be able to assume better control while developing your own firmware and know how to interact with native hardware while debugging. You will understand key principles for future firmware development using newer technology, and be ready for the introduction of modern safe programming languages for firmware development. Detailed system firmware development case studies using a futuristic approach cover:Future scalable system firmware development modelsTypes of firmware development (system firmware, device firmware, manageability firmware)Tools and their usage while creating system firmwareHow to build infrastructure for seamless firmware development using a multi-party development modelDebugging methodologies used during various phases of firmware product developmentSetting up key expectations for future firmware, including thinner firmware footprints and faster execution time, easier configuration, and increased transparent security What You Will LearnUnderstand the system firmware working model of the futureGain knowledge to say goodbye to proprietary firmware for different types of firmware developmentKnow the different types of tools required for creating firmware source code before flashing the final image into the boot device of the embedded systemDevelop skills to understand the failure in firmware or in the system and prepare the debugging environment to root cause the defectsDiscern the platform minimal security requirementOptimize the system firmware boot time based on the target hardware requirementComprehend the product development cycle using open source firmware development Who This Book Is For Embedded firmware and software engineers migrating the product development from closed source firmware to open source firmware for product adaptation needs as well as engineers working for open source firmware development. A secondary audience includes engineers working on various bootloaders such as open source firmware, UEFI, and Slim Bootloader development, as well as undergraduate and graduate students working on developing firmware skill sets.